June 2022
Features
Mary Finsterer on her new opera Antarctica, which premieres in Amsterdam.
by Jeremy Eccles
Soundings
Jack Liebeck
by Paul Ballam-Cross
Interview
On The Record
by Clive Paget
Recordings
Cutting Edge
by Paul Ballam-Cross
New Music
In the Limelight
Newsworthy
A round-up of our recent news reports
Wind of change at Opera Australia
Op-ed by Peter Tregear
On Stage
The buzz around live performance
On Air & Online
This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming
Coda
Kicking the bucket
There are so many euphemisms for dying, but we will only be truly dead when everyone who knew us has ‘passed on’.
Guy Noble’s Soapbox
The Érard Piano
Stephanie McCallum explains why she fell for the pianos from the workshop of French instrument maker Sébastien Érard.
Playing up
Putting opera patrons out to pasture
It’s time for ageing audiences to put their demands for old-fashioned opera out to pasture.
Sacred Cow
Jenna Breen
A horn player for the Seattle Symphony, she tells us about joining the Australian World Orchestra for the first time and becoming a pilot.
5 Questions
Meow Meow
The international siren and comedienne extraordinaire reveals the music that runs through her veins, and the thrill she gets singing with a full orchestra.
My Music
Extra Content
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